Queries

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I’m looking for any information about a land owner by the name of JOSIAH GILBERT about 1730. I do know that he was a Quaker and married his wife, SARAH WILLIAMS in October of that year. I have a copy of his will for 1760, in which he left items to his wife and children upon his death about 1759. Most of the information I have on him I obtained through the Quaker meeting/rolls. He doesn’t seem to be related to the other (more popular) GILBERTS known as the Braintree line. I can not seem to find any record of him prior to his marriage in 1730. Do you have any suggestions as to where I might look for information on him besides the Quaker meetings/rolls? Thank you for your time. C. Gilbert

Trying to find any info on my 3rd ggrandfather JOHN SIVAGE (aka JOHN SAVAGE). What I know: He was b. ca. 1794, md. to ANNA MORSE (aka ANN MOSS, dau. of RICHARD MOSS and SARAH TURNER, sister of TULLY MORSE and JOHN MORSE), b. ca. 1797 in Perquimans County. JOHN SIVAGE (SAVAGE) served in the War of 1812. JOHN and ANNA SIVAGE had four children: ISAIAH R. SIVAGE b. 1826; LUCRETIA F. SIVAGE (b. 1830, md. ALEXANDER ARCHER); ARMSTEAD SIVAGE (my direct line), b. 1824. JOHN SIVAGE died Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 1836. On February 12, 1839, Guardianship was granted to ROBERT S. HIATT (who md. ANNA MORSE SIVAGE after the death of her first husband) in Perquimans County, paper signed and witnessed by JOHN MEAD, TULLY MORSE, CHAS. M. FORD, R.H. WHEDBEE and J.M. COX.
JOHN SIVAGE was the brick wall my grandmother hit (she researched him, her great-grandfather, all her adult life, until she passed away a few years ago) and though I’m finding some things she didn’t, such as the guardianship papers, I still haven’t found him or his background. Any assistance at all would be greatly appreciated.

I am researching the family of ISAAC and JULIA PERRY STALLINGS
Both born in N Carolina estimate 1812 and 1816 respectively. Family legends say they were part Indian and records have verified they were friends (Quakers). Can anyone help?
Variants of STALLINGS: STILLINGS, STALLION, STOLLING
Variant of PERRY: PEEERY

I am researching the SHADDOCK surname. There was a marriage of JEAN SHADDOCK to SAMUEL HEATH in Perquimans, North Carolina September 1, 1697. Does anybody have any information about this marriage or the Shaddocks in North Carolina during this period? Thanks in advance, Philip Shaddock

I am researching ALETHIA BONNER who was born February, 1870 and married WILLIAM MOORE in 1890 in Chowan Co. ALETHIA’S parents are ??? HENRY and MATILDA BONNER. In 1900 ALETHIA was living with WILLIAM and their 4 children in Hertford, Perquimans, NC. Their children are LAURA (LEORA), MATILDA, LONNY and LOUETTA. They has a servant name ANN HOLLEY who may have been related to them. In 1910 they were still living in Hertford but had three more children name JOHN, ALFONSA and MARY. Can you tell me anything about Alethia Bonner and her parents HENRY AND MATILDA BONNER before 1900? Can you tell me if Altheia’s Children got married and had children in Hertford, NC?

I am looking for info on my 9th greatgrandparents who came to American from England and Ireland in 1653 in Perquimans in NC. They were JAMES THIGPEN and ELYN TRAVIS. She gave birth to around 20 children, many of whom died. One daughter, ANN THIGPEN was born in Albemarle and died in Perquimans on April 11, 1702.

JAMES and ELYN are my 10th great grandparents. I only have the names of two of their children, JAMES THIGPEN JR and ANN THIGPEN. ANN is my line
JAMES’ father is believed to be JOHN FITZPEN
His mother is SARA SEGRAVE born in 1604-Ireland and died in 1627-England.

I am researching WILLIAM WOOD born 9-3-1722 in Perquimans County NC. I am seeking information about his parents and grandparents and when they came to NC. I believe they came from England, so information about when and where in England is a plus. I have traced his decedents to myself.

A probable ancestor of my family was Francis SEGRAVE of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. In January 1696 Francis SEGRAVES is listed with Lucretia, his wife, Thomas his son, Francis his son, and William POWEL on a Transportation Writ to Perquimans Precinct Colony of North Carolina from Isle of Wight where he was a witness to 2 property transactions in 1694. Francis wrote a will in IOW in 1725 which was probated in early 1727.
That suggests that he considered IOW as his home and may explain why he does not appear on any land sales in the Albemarle region. He did witness a will in Chowan Pct.: 19 Apr 1697 Francis and Lucretia SEGRAVE of Chowan Precinct, NC listed as witnesses to will of Thomas STACEY, so must have resided in the area for a while. Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan GRIMES, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 359. It is possible that his son, Thomas, may be the Thomas LEGRAVE mentioned in an 18 Dec 1707 deed between Thomas HOUGHTON of Perquimans Pct. and Thomas SNOWDEN.
Any more information about Francis or the SEGRAVE(S) family will be very much appreciated.

ANN THIGPEN was my 8th great grandmother. Her parents were JAMES THIGPEN, born in Ireland, married to her mother ELYN TRAVIS in England in 1652, and arrived in Perquimans in 1653. ANN was born in Albemarle in 1668 and died in Perquimans April 11, 1702. She was one of almost 20 children born to her mother, however, many of them died. I believe they were Quakers, but am not sure and would like to know that, too.

JAMES THIGPEN’S father, was born in 1604 in Melcomb, Dorset, England. He was killed in the Battle of Marston Moore in Ireland on July 2, 1644. That must be where he meet his future wife SARAH SEAGRAVE, born in 1604 in Dublin and died there in 1627. ANN THIGPEN married my 8th great grandfather ISAAC WILSON in 1869. He was born in 1701 in Perquimans and there July 13, 1714.

I am researching the STORY (STOREY) family. They are from the New Hope Methodist Church area. My grandmother was MAMIE and had a sister ANNIE who married a BARCLIFT. I believe they are related to the SAWYER family.

Researching and looking for more information on the SANDERS family (ABRAHAM SANDERS, BENJAMIN SANDERS) Would like to know if there is a family tree for the Sanders that supposedly built the NEWBOLD-WHITE house.

My father LEWIS BEECHER BLANCHARD, b. 1916, d, 1993 was from Gates and Chowan Co. NC. He often said that we were kin to, SPEIGHT’S, WHITES, SPIVEY’S, BROWN’S, KING’S, BOND’S, JORDAN’S,
HOFLER’S, and BENNETT’S. I can not get before 1810 for my BLANCHARD line, as I can not find the Parents of ELIZABETH BLANCHARD, who had 3 BLANCHARD children with JAMES HOFLER, they never married, and had 1. ISAAC BLANCHARD/HOFLER, b. abt. 1810, 2. RICHARD BLANCHARD, b. 1813, ( my ggggrandfather ), NANCY BLANCHARD, b. abt. 1813/14. JAMES HOFLER was married to DEBORAH OUTLAW, Sep. 1802 and she left for parts unknown Dec. 1802. ELIZABETH took up with JAMES, and he had petitioned the Gates Co. Court for a divorce from DEBORAH OUTLAW on several occasions, and in 1819 the Court granted him a divorce, but he then married a PENELOPE HAYNES instead of ELIZABETH BLANCHARD with whom he had 3 children with. Before JAMES Died in 1822 he had his ISAAC BLANCHARD son’s name changed from BLANCHARD to HOFLER. Most likely so he could leave his property to him? His younger son RICHARD BLANCHARD kept his mothers BLANCHARD name. Her name ELIZABETH BLANCHARD was listed in the Court Records when ISAAC BLANCHARD had his name changed to HOFLER. So we know that ELIZABETH was still alive, in 1821/22, but have never found as to what happened to her after that. We know that NANCY BLANCHARD was married to a PIERCE abt. 1843.
I have been working this off and on since 1997, and learned that ELIZABETH BLANCHARD was her name in Jun. 2013. I would guess that she was born about 1784? But can not find the name of her parents? I do believe that I’ll find her parents one day soon!
So if you have any information that may link me to her, thanks!
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Have you any more information on ZILPAH BLANCHARD who was the wife of AARON SPEIGHT?
Please email me at wblanchard1064@yahoo.com
Thank you, Wayne Blanchard

I noticed in DANIEL STALLINGS will that his wife is named MILLISON. In 1812 ISAAC RIDDICK married a woman named MELLISON STALLINGS. Could this second one be a granddaughter. And if so does anyone know who her parents were? I assume the spelling of Millison is probably Millicent .
Thank you,
Frances Callaghan

I am working on genealogy for someone with this name: DANIEL STALLINGS: m ELIZABETH who had a son:REUBEN b 1849 Chowan Co.,NC who probably married SARAH COPELAND. Is This your line also? Please reply to my home email at pwilliamsjames@yahoo.com in reference to Jackie Eason Murray. Thank you.

I am searching for info regarding my 3rd great-grand aunt ABIJAH aka ABIGAIL COLLINS.
She was a free woman of color from Hyde County, NC. During her lifetime she amassed a great deal of real estate. She died in 1862 and her will indicates the following: I give my lands in Durants Neck to my three grandchildren namely, Montgomery, Franklin and John Ann. The all have the surname of COLLINS. Any information regarding this family would be most appreciated.

Is there anyone researching records for the RELFE family?
My great-grandfather was LEONIDAS CARVASSA RELFE, died in 1919 and had lived 40 years in the Jonathan Jacocks house on New Hope Road as farm manager.

I was hoping his will might be on line here. Also searching for RELFE’S buried in New Hope Meth. Church cemetery.
And any KEATONS buried in Perquimans.